Chapter I: Front Matter

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:

Italics have been transcribed using _underscores_, small capitals as ALL CAPITALS. Inconsistencies in hyphenation and spelling have not been corrected. Punctuation has been silently corrected. A list of other corrections can be found at the end of the document.

COMIC ARITHMETIC.

"Go the whole figure."--SAM SLICK.

LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

1844.

LONDON:
R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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THE SIGN OF EQUALITY--"WHO ARE YOU?" 5
THE SIGN OF SUBTRACTION 6
A PLURALIST 6
THE SACRED HALTAR 7
DIVIDING THE CHINESE, A CUTTING JOKE 7
THE POOR CURATE--THE BISHOP 9
A SAVE-ALL 13
MIHI CURA FUTURI 14
A MAN OF MANY WOES 15
THE MAN WHO TAKES CARE OF NO. 1 22
"TAKE FROM" 25
TAKEN IN AND DONE FOR 27
"WHO STEALS MY PURSE STEALS TRASH." 28
"FORKING UP." 33
LAWYER DIVIDING THE OYSTER 37
THE LION'S SHARE 40
THE INSOLVENT TRAP.--"THE LAW BINDS, BUT THE LAW LOOSES" 44
"BLOWED PUFFERY" 50
"OUT OF PROPORTION" 52
CALLED TO ACCOUNT 54
"THE NEAREST WAY TO A MAN'S HEART" 55
A SLIDING SCALE 57
"BROKEN DOWN" 59
FRACTIONAL SIGNS 60
AN ANCIENT AND MODERN MUG 62
KNOCKING DOWN THE LOT 71
DONE BY INTEREST 72
AT A PREMIUM AND DISCOUNT 73
THE OLD AND NEW PRINCIPLE--BOTH WITH CREDIT 74
THE TIN-DER PASSION 76
FAITH AND DUTY 77
THE GALLIPOT CRANE 83
THE CARPENTER WOODPECKER 84
THE RED-TAPE SNIPE 85
THE HERON 86
A DECIMAL FIGURE 89
A STRONG TITHE 90
THE POINT OF THE BAYONET 91
PRACTISING AT EXETER HALL.--HULLA, BOYS, HULLA 97
PRACTISING FOR THE MINISTRY 102
PRACTISING FOR THE OPERA 104
DISCOUNTING FOR A MAN FORMERLY 112
MEASURING BY THE "YARD"--TRUE FIT 122
CHARLES I.--A BLOCK-HEAD 140
"ASSURANCE" 146
MUTUAL ASSURANCE 150
THE WORLD IS KEPT UP BY PUFF 177